-age

See also: age, Age, âge, Agë, Åge, and âgé

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Spanish -aje, Romanian -aj.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɪdʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
• IPA^(key): /ɑʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)

SuffixEdit

-age

1. Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.

   wordage

2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result

   blockage; slippage; shrinkage

3. forming nouns of a state or relationship

   bondage

4. forming nouns indicating a place

   orphanage; hermitage

5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee

   postage; brokerage; corkage

6. forming nouns indicating a rate

   percentage; mileage

SynonymsEdit

• (collection): -ery, -ing

Derived termsEdit

► English words suffixed with -age

TranslationsEdit

collection or appurtenance

• French: -age (fr) m
• Portuguese: -agem (pt) f

process, action or result

• Portuguese: -agem (pt) f, -ção (pt) f, -mento (pt) m

state or relationship

• Portuguese: -agem (pt) f, -ção (pt) f

place

• Portuguese: -ato m

charge, toll or fee

• Portuguese: -ágio m

rate

• Portuguese: -agem (pt) f

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From French -age.

SuffixEdit

-age

Creates nouns from verbs (lekken – lekkage) and from other nouns (tuig – tuigage). It denotes

1. action (kijvage, from kijven)
2. collectivity (tuigage)
3. result of an action (stellage)

Derived termsEdit

► Dutch words suffixed with -age

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from the Latin ending -aticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /aʒ/

SuffixEdit

-age

1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"
3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

See alsoEdit

► French words suffixed with -age

Usage notesEdit

• Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

DescendantsEdit

• Esperanto: -aĵo
• Ido: -ajo
• Spanish: -aje

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

-age

1. rōmaji reading of あげ

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

SuffixEdit

-age

1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

Derived termsEdit

► Middle French words suffixed with -age

DescendantsEdit

• French: -age

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OccitanEdit

SuffixEdit

-age

1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• -aige
• -aje (rare)

EtymologyEdit

Latin -āticum.

SuffixEdit

-age

1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

Derived termsEdit

► Old French words suffixed with -age

DescendantsEdit

• English: -age (borrowed)
• Middle French: -age
  • French: -age